Hi all, As discussed in the last Activation Working Group meeting, a short note about this first job (#884) [1] of the Northeast Nigeria Crisis activation that will be coordinated by Rafael and I.
The Northeast Nigeria has been affected for years now by a complex humanitarian crisis fueled by the insurgency of the Boko Haram group which has gradually gained in intensity and impact affecting over the past months its neighbouring countries and turning into a regional crisis (check 6-Feb OCHA Report over the security situation in the State of Borno [2]). Baseline data (places, residential areas and building as well as road networks) over this large affected region are needed for the various actors engaged in the response of this complex regional emergency. Several OSM initiatives have been lead in some areas (Nigeria e-Health data import, mapping by local OSM groups from Niger and Cameroun, as well as the efforts of individual efforts) and individual efforts are still continuing. Discussions with humanitarian actors highlighted the relevance of OSM data in this crisis and a continued effort but stressed at the same time the need to operate in a discrete mode given the political conflict dimension of this crisis. Best, Nico [1] http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/884 [2] http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/borno-state-situation-report-no-2-6-february-2015 -- Nicolas Chavent Projet OpenStreetMap (OSM) Projet Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Projet Espace OSM Francophone (EOF) Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20 <[email protected]> Email: [email protected] Skype: c_nicolas Twitter: nicolas_chavent
_______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
